Glumiflorae

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Glumiflorae (gluma = husk + florae = flowers) is a descriptive botanical name. It was used in the Wettstein system for an order of flowering plants. The order consisted of one family only:

The APG II system, used here, assigns the grass family to the order Poales . Other names for the order including the grass family are Glumaceae and Graminales .

However, this name Glumiflorae was used in the Hutchinson system (first edition, first volume, 1926) for a taxon (above the rank of order) that included the grass family.

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